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Great New Review of In Defense of Japan- this time by the Military Review!

What a nice present for the 100th post of this blog, a review of In Defense of Japan by The Military Review. In Defense of Japan got top billing!

This follows on from great reviews by U.S. Space Command’s High Frontier Journal and Foreign Affairs. We were especially gratified by the U.S. Space Command’s review, which called IDOJ a “model analysis.”

Here are the highlights of the Military Review piece (with the caveats in the full text of course)

“So Japan’s defense policy, like perhaps most such policies, is a mixture of realistic pragmatism within norms-based constraints. Authors Saadia Pekkanen and Paul Kallender-Umezu have added nuance to this picture in their excellent case study on Japan’s space policy. The authors are especially effective in demonstrating the impact corporate interests have in shaping Japan’s defense policy. They trace what they describe as Japan’s “market to the military” trend in space policy…

…This book is a readable, cogent examination of the interaction of corporate interests with national security interests, and adds needed nuance to the emerging understanding of Japan as an important player in the field of international security.” COL David Hunter-Chester, USA, Retired,
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Review of IDOJ by Colonel David Hunter-Chester in The Military Review, July-August 2012

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by japanspace on August 9, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by japanspace on August 9, 2012

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In Defense of: “In Defense of Japan: From the Market to the Military in Space Policy”

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Hi, to anyone reading this first entry for “In Defense of Japan: From the Market to the Military in Space Policy” (Stanford University Press, 2010)  a book inspired during my 17-year stint covering Japan’s space development program.
Where do I begin?  Well, here!
How about some previews from leading academics:
“It is a very valuable work and makes an important contribution to our understanding of the unraveling of the Yoshida Doctrine and Japan’s evolving security strategy. Needless to say, I totally agree with the thrust of what you say…”
Kenneth B. Pyle, Professor of History and International Studies at the University of Washington, winner of the Order of the Rising Sun (1998) and author of Japan Rising: The Resurgence of Japanese Power and Purpose.
“Thanks for sharing this. This ms is in terrific shape and should be a powerful contributor to debates on Japanese militarization, Japanese politics, industrial policy and host of other areas.” 
T. J. Pempel,  director of the Institute of East Asian Studies from January 2002 until 2007, currently Il Han New Chair in Asian Studies and author of Beyond Bilateralism: U.S.-Japan Relations in the New Asia-Pacific (Oxford University Press)Image
“…your willingness to tackle an important subject, make a strong argument, and avoid narrow minded…concerns….is always a breath of fresh air. Moreover your argument seems entirely correct. This book will be an important contribution to the literature of Japanese industrial policy and national security.” 
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It was particularly gratifying to get this feedback from Dick Samuels, whose work, and common sense, was a major inspiration for this book, which will be out in the spring- finally- from Stanford University Press.
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Posted by japanspace on March 4, 2012

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